The Lion (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
The Lion is a kingly beast. He likes a Hindu for a feast. And if no Hindu he can get, ...
The Lion is a kingly beast. He likes a Hindu for a feast. And if no Hindu he can get, ...
To be intoned, all but the two italicized lines, which are to be spoken in a snappy, matter-of-fact way. Ding-dong, ...
We are the smirched. Queen Honor is the spotless. We slept thro' wars where Honor could not sleep. We were ...
Think not that incense-smoke has had its day. My friends, the incense-time has but begun. Creed upon creed, cult upon ...
I. EDWIN BOOTH An old actor at the Player's Club told me that Edwin Booth first impersonated Hamlet when a ...
Would that such hills and cities round us sang, Such vistas of the actual earth and man As kindled Titian ...
Even the shrewd and bitter, Gnarled by the old world's greed, Cherished the stranger softly Seeing his utter need. Shelter ...
And must the Senator from Illinois Be this squat thing, with blinking, half-closed eyes? This brazen gutter idol, reared to ...
He paid a Swede twelve bits an hour Just to invent a fancy style To spread the celebration paint So ...
In Springfield, Illinois IT is portentious, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A ...
I I hate this yoke; for the world's sake here put it on: Knowing 'twill weigh as much on you ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sat gossiping with Robert. (She was really a raving beauty in her day. With Mary Pickford curls ...
When Yankee soldiers reach the barricade Then Joan of Arc gives each the accolade. For she is there in armor ...
I. THE VOICE OF THE MAN IMPATIENT WITH VISIONS AND UTOPIAS We find your soft Utopias as white As new-cut ...
I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the ...
Life's a jail where men have common lot. Gaunt the one who has, and who has not. All our treasures ...
I asked her, "Is Aladdin's lamp Hidden anywhere?" "Look into your heart," she said, "Aladdin's lamp is there." She took ...
AN ARGUMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND GOODWILL WITH THE JAPANESE PEOPLE Glossary for the uninstructed and the hasty: ...
I. THE DOLL UPON THE TOPMOST BOUGH This doll upon the topmost bough, This playmate-gift, in Christmas dress, Was taken ...
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